Sunday, 26th October, 2025
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The Ebb and the Flame
Mind · Body · Soul — Weekly Reflection
27th October – 2nd November 2025
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Mind | The Ebb and Flow of Awareness
This week has felt like standing in the tide — sometimes carried by the pull of soul and stillness, other times feeling the weight of very human emotion.
I’ve become far more aware of my tendency to reach for noise when things feel uncomfortable. Doomscrolling has been a long-standing escape — a way to fill the quiet so I don’t have to sit with myself. But something shifted again this week. I caught myself more often, turned away from the scroll, and chose journaling, reflection or stillness instead.
There were moments of deep remembering — the awareness that I am not my emotions, but the one observing them. And then there were moments of pure human messiness: irritation, fatigue, the urge to shut down. But this time, I saw it happening. I stayed with it. And that awareness alone is changing everything.
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Body | Shifting Slowly
This week started strong — daily walks of an hour or more at the beginning of the week — but tapered off toward the end with work, weather, and life getting in the way.
Still, those first few days reminded me what movement does for me. Not just physically but mentally. I felt lighter in my body, clearer in my head, more connected to the world around me.
I’ve made better food choices, especially around sugar, and that alone has helped me feel a quiet shift in how I carry myself. The number on the scale hasn’t dropped dramatically, but how I feel has changed. And that’s what matters most right now.
This isn’t a sprint — it’s a steady re-connection with my body.
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Soul | Remembering in the Quiet
Even in the quieter, heavier moments, the flame of remembering hasn’t gone out.
Some mornings it burned bright — clear, simple, unwavering. Others, it flickered quietly in the background. I’ve had powerful reminders that I am not the experience itself but the one observing it.
That realisation allows me to feel everything without being consumed by it. It lets me flow, rather than fight. The soul work isn’t always about soaring; sometimes it’s simply about breathing through the tide.
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Connection | Love, Family, and Space
Rachel and I had our moments this week — closeness, irritation, silence, and shared laughter. Through it all, the love and connection remain steady underneath the noise.
Time with the kids continues to be full of both challenges and growth. Conversations with Sofia, moments with Alisha, and everyday family life remind me that connection doesn’t have to be perfect to be real.
I also became more aware of where I give my energy, and how other people’s moods and conversations affect my own. That’s guiding me toward setting clearer emotional boundaries.
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Closing Reflections
This week wasn’t about fireworks or breakthroughs. It was about the ebb and the flame.
A week of small but real shifts. Of noticing. Of remembering. Of breathing through the noise and finding peace in simple choices.
“The tide doesn’t need to roar to shape the shore.
It just keeps moving.”
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Gratitude this Week
The power of choice
Moments of movement and reflection
Soul remembering in quiet spaces
My children and their lessons
Connection with Rachel
A steady flame, even in the ebb